Episode 14 - The Story of the Sisters in Black — poking the underbelly of the old dominion

In this Halloween Week episode we tell the story of the mysterious Sisters in Black whose lives were marked by bizarre ritual and criminality and who are said to still haunt a Christiansburg, Virginia middle school today.

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Newspaper Article about Ocey Snead’s Murder

SOURCES

https://www.facebook.com/728207220657671/posts/the-black-sisters-murder-madness-southern-styleexcerpted-from-appalachian-lore-s/1136804826464573/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocey_Snead

https://montgomerymuseum.org/the-black-sisters

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/lifestyle/ghosts-of-past-still-frighten-new-river-valley/article_0b71ec43-ff02-5af4-a83e-8016c081891a.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/sisters-black-murder-ocey-snead-1909-article-1.432667

http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/fit-to-print/2016/06/03/more-dreadful-than-the-most-gruesome-of-tales-newspaper-coverage-of-the-east-orange-bathtub-mystery/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiansburg,_Virginia